Mstse 2015 16 Sample Paper 10xx A

for students of Class X
Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 270
Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this
purpose.
You are not allowed to leave the examination hall before end of the test.
INSTRUCTIONS
Note:
The question paper contains 3 Parts
PART 1 contains 30 questions of IQ
PART 2 contains1- 15 questions of Physics and 16-30 questions of Chemistry
PART 3 contains 30 questions of Mathematics
All are multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out
of which only one is correct.
Marking Scheme:
For each question, in all the three parts, you will be awarded 3 marks if you have darkened
only the bubble corresponding to the correct answer, zero marks for not darkening any
bubble and in all other cases minus one (-1) mark will be awarded.
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PART I: IQ
SECTION A Single Correct Choice Type
Each question has 4 choices (A), (B) (C) and (D) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Directions (For Question No. 1 to 7): Find the next term of given series:
1. D, G, J, M, P, _________
(A) Q (B) R
(C) S (D) T
2. B, D, G, K, P, ________
(A) S (B) V
(C) W (D) X
3. 75, 77, 70, 72, 65,

(A) 67 (B) 60
(C) 62 (D) 64
4. 5, 15, 45, 135, 405,

(A) 1115 (B) 1125
(C) 1215 (D) 1225
5. 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, ________

(A) 44 (B) 46
(C) 48 (D) 50
6. 7, 28, 49, 70, 91, 112, ____________

(A) 135 (B) 134
(C) 133 (D) 130
7. 60, 64, 32, 36, 18, 22,_________

(A) 20 (B) 12
(C) 11 (D) 24
Directions (For Question No. 8 to 10):

Find the odd one.
8. (A) Apple (B) Mango
(C) Watermelon (D) Guava
9. (A) 441 (B) 289

(C) 361 (D) 343
10. (A) 17 (B) 27

(C) 37 (D) 47
th st
11. In a row of boys. Ram is 9 from the right and 31 from the left. How many boys are there in the row?
(A) 37 (B) 38
(C) 39 (D) 40
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12. If Book is called Watch, Watch is called Bag, Bag is called Dictionary and Dictionary is called Window,
which is used to carry the books?
(A) Dictionary (B) Bag
(C) Book (D) Watch
Directions (For Questions No. 13):

Study the number series given below and answer the questions that follow:
7897653428972459297647
13. How many 7s are preceded by 9 and followed by 6?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
Directions (For Question. 14 to 17):The figure given below consists of three intersecting circles marked A, B & C which
represents group of students who play Tennis, Badminton and Volley ball. Each part of the figure is represented by a
small alphabets. On the basis of the figure given, answer the questions:
14. Which small letter represents the group of persons who play all the three games?
(A) b (B) c
(C) f (D) g
15. Which small letter represents group of persons who play Tennis and Volley ball but not Badminton?
(A) g (B) e
(C) c (D) b
16. Which small letter represents the group of persons who play Tennis but neither Badminton nor Volley ball?
(A) a (B) b
(C) c (D) d
17. Which letter represents the group of persons who play Tennis and Badminton but not Volley ball?
(A) b (B) c
(C) d (D) f
Directions (For question No. 18 to 19): Find the missing number in the figures shown.
18.
(A) 1 (B) 26
(C) 39 (D) 45
19.
(A) 1 (B) 731

(C) 1625 (D) 2031
20. Compare the knowledge of the persons X, Y, Z, A, B and C in relation to each other.
1. X knows more than A. 2. Y knows as much as B.
3. Z knows less than C. 4. A knows more than Y.
The best knowledgeable person amongst all is:
(A) X (B) Y
(C) A (D) data is inadequate
21. Find the missing term in place of question mark from among the figure.
(A) 117 (B) 36

(C) 32 (D) 26
22. How many triangles are there in the following figure?
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 10
23. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left
and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting
point and in which direction?
(A) 35 metres East (B) 35 metres North
(C) 40 metres East (D) 60 metres East
Directions: (Ques. 24 to 25) In each of the following questions, complete the missing portion of the given pattern by
selecting from the give four alternatives.
24.
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
25.
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Direction(For Q. 26 to 30):
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U,V and W are sitting around a circular table. S is to the immediate right of W. V is not
next to either R or T. W is to the immediate right of T, Who is sitting opposite to R. U and W are sitting opposite to each
other.
26. Who is to the right of U?
(A) R (B) V
(C) P (D) Q
27. Who is sitting two places to the right of W?

(A) P (B) S
(C) T (D) Cant be determined
28. If R and V interchange their places, then who is opposite to T?

(A) V (B) S
(C) R (D) B
29. If V is to the immediate left of P, then who is the immediate left of R?

(A) U (B) P
(C) Q (D) cant determined
30. Who is sitting opposite to S?

(A) V (B) R
(C) T (D) none of these
PART II: Physics

31. A uniform electric field and a uniform magnetic field are produced, pointing in the same direction. If an electron is
projected with its velocity pointing in the same direction
(A) The electron will turn to its right
(B) The electron will turn to its left
(C) The electron velocity will increase in magnitude
(D) The electron velocity will decrease in magnitude
32. An object 4 cm in height is placed at a distance of 15 cm from concave lens of 10 cm focal length. Find the size of
image, If v = -6 cm
(A) 160 cm (B) 16 cm
(C) 1.6 cm (D) 0.16 cm
33. A current carrying straight wire is kept along the axis of a circular loop carrying a current. The straight wire is
(A) Will exert an inward force on the circular loop
(B) Will exert an outward force on the circular loop
(C) Will exert a force on the circular loop parallel to itself
(D) Will not exert any force on the circular loop
34. An particle and a proton travel with same velocity in a magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of their
velocities. Find the ratio of the radii of their circular path
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 1 : 4
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 2
35. A wire of resistance 36 is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle. The resistance between two vertices is
(A) 12 (B) 24
(C) 8 (D) 36
36. V-I graphs for parallel and series combination of two metallic resistors are as shown in the fig. which graph
represents parallel combination?
(A) A (B) AB
(C) A and B both (D) neither
10 2
37. In the given circuit, when galvanometer shows no deflection, the 1.4A
current in 2 resistance is G
(A) 1.4 A (B) 1.2 A
(C) 1.0 A (D) 0.4 A
25 5
38. In the circuit shown in figure below the current through

(A) the 3 resistor is 1 A 3 2 2
(B) the 3 resistor is 0.2 A
(C) the 4 resistor is 0.50 A
(D) the 4 resistor is 1 A
9V 8 8 4
39. The given network is part of another larger circuit.
Calculate the potential of point D. 2 2 2
A
33 V
3 1.2
42 V
B D
4 O 3A
6
53 V
C
(A) 25V (B) 12.5V
(C) 0V (D) -25V
40. A point source of light has been placed as shown in the fig. What is the length on the screen that will receive
reflected light from the mirror?
(A) 2 H (B) 3 H
(C) H (D) NONE
41. In an experiment to find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between the magnitudes of u and v.
the graph looks like
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
42. An electrical heater is used for 5 hours on a 200V supply and takes a current of 5 amperes. What is power?
(A) 41 W (B) 110 W
(C) 44 W (D) 1000 W
43. Two electronic lamps of 40 watt each are connected in parallel. The power consumed by the combination will be
(A) 66 watt (B) 8 watt
(C) 80 watt (D) 800 watt
44. The total resistance of 3 resistors, each of 3 ohms, connected in parallel will be :
(A) 9 ohm (B) 1 ohm
(C) 3 ohm (D) 1/3 ohm
45. A fish in water appears to be at 30 cm from the surface. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 the true depth at
which fish remains is
(A) 10 cm (B) 70 cm
(C) 30 cm (D) 40 cm
46. Which of the following solution can turn moist red litmus paper to blue?
(A) Br OH (B) Ba (OH)2
(C) P(OH)3 (D) SO2(OH)2
47. Four compounds are given below

I = Potassium cyanide
II = Di nitrogen trioxide
III = potassium bromide
IV = Caustic Soda
Which set represents the compounds containing both ionic and covalent bonds?
(A) I, II, III (B) II, III, IV
(C) I, IV (D) II, III
48. To the 1 litre water at 25C equal masses of Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are added. Then pH of the
resulting solution.
(A) 1 (B) > 7
(C) = 7 (D) < 7(B)
49. Which of the following reaction is not a Redox Reaction?

(A) 2KClO3 2KCI + 3O2 (B) NH4NO3 N2O + 2H2O
(C) BaCO3 BaO + CO2 (D) (NH4)2 Cr2O7 N2 + Cr2O3 + 4H2O
Molecular weight
50. It equivalent weight
Valence factor
Where valence factor = number of electrons lost or gained by one molecule reductant or oxidant in a reaction and
is calculated by taking the difference of oxidation number of that element in the reactant and product. It is always
positive.
What will be the equivalent weight of KMnO4 in the following reaction?
MnO4 H SO32 Mn2 SO24 H2O
(Atomic mass K = 39; Mn = 55; 0 = 16)
(A) 158 (B) 79
(C) 39.5 (D) 31.6
PART III: Chemistry

51. In Newmann projection, we sight down the C-C bond, and represent the front carbon by a point and the back
carbon by a circle. Each carbon has three other bonds that are placed symmetrically around it. For Example:
Propane
H H H
H C C C H
1 2 3
H H H
With respect to C1 C2 propane is shown as
H
H3C H C1
H H C2
H
Which of the following structure represents n-butane?

H CH3
H CH3 H H
(A) (B)
H 3C H H 3C H
H H
H
H3 C CH3
(C) (D) None of these
H H
H
52. Which of the following is not an isomer of?

H3C H2C O CH2 CH3
H3C CH CH2 OH O
(A) (B)
CH3 H3C C CH2 CH3
CH3 H3C
(C) H3C C OH (D) CH O CH3
CH3 H3C
53. Which is different from the rest?

(A) Cellulose (B) Rubber
(C) Urea (D) Nylon
54. 100 ml of a gas mixture containing ammonia and Hydrogen are passed through one litre water at room
temperature. The volume of gas mixture reduced by 40 ml .Then the composition of initial gas mixture is
(A) 40 ml NH3 and 60 ml H2 (B) 50 ml NH3, 45 ml H2, 5 ml water vapour
(C) 60 ml NH3 and 40 ml H2 (D) 96 ml NH3 and 4 ml H2
55. Which is not a sulphide ore?

(A) Cinnabar (B) Zinc blende
(C) Galena (D) Carnallite
56. Match the chemicals given in column I with use in given in Column II
Column I Column II
(Chemical) (Use)
(I) NaCl (P) as a fire extinguisher
(II) Na2CO3.10H2O (Q) Photo developer
(III) NaHCO3 (R) Preservative
(IV) Na2S2O3.5H2O (S) Washing of cloths
(A) I P, II Q, III R, IV S (B) I R, II S, III P, IV Q

(C) I Q, II P, III R, IV S (D) I S, II Q, III P, IV R
57. Which of the following set of atomic numbers have similar chemical properties?
(A) 4, 8, 14, 18 (B) 2, 20, 28, 32
(C) 9, 17, 33, 53 (D) 5, 13, 31, 49
58. Which of the following is a true statement?

(A) Diamond is good conductor of electricity than graphite
(B) Graphite is harder than diamond
(C) In Graphite each carbon is directly connected to four carbon atoms while in Diamond each carbon is directly
connected to three carbon atoms.
(D) The C-C Bond length in Diamond is larger than C-C bond length in Graphite
59. Which of the following pair of elements donot react with water at room temperature
(A) Na, Zn (B) Cu, Hg
(C) Ba, Cs (D) K, Al
60. IUPAC name of the compound H2C=CH-CH2-Br is

(A) 1-bromo -2-propene (B) 3-bromo -1-propene
(C) 1-bromo -3-propene (D) 3-bromo -2-propene
PART III: Mathematics

61. When three dice are rolled, the number of possible cases that the total score is great then 16?
1 1
(A) (B)
54 6
(C) 1 (D) None of these
x2 y2
62. If sec , , where x, y are two unequal non-zero real numbers, then has
x2 y2
(A) only one real value (B) only two real value
(C) infinite numbers of real value (D) no real value
63. Consider the arithmetic progression (a b)2, a2 + b2, (a + b)2 . Find nth term of this A.P.
(A) (a + nb)2 (B) (a + (n 1)b)2
2 2
(C) a + b 4ab + 2anb (D) None of these
Paragraph 1(For Q. 64 to 66):

Make a telescopic sum by using the following expressions:
1 1 1
(A)
k(k 1) k k 1
1 1 1 1
(B)
k(k m) m k k m
1 1 1 1
(C)
k(k 1)(k 2) 2 k(k 1) (k 1)(k 2)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
64. The value of the expression 3 is equal to
2 6 12 20 30 42 56
17
(A) (B) 1
8
(C) 2 (D) none of these
1 1 1 1 1 1
65. The value of the expression is equal to
3 15 35 63 99 143
1
(A) 1 (B)
13

(C) (D) none of these
13
1 1 1 1 1
66. The value of the expression is equal to
5 7 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 15
1
(A) 1 (B)
15
5
(C) (D) none of these
11
Paragraph 2 (For Q. 67 to 69):

Consider the equation x 2 y 2 65 2(7x 4y), where x & y are real.
67. The value of A x 2 xy y 2 2 is
(A) 7 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 3
68. Unit digit of A2014 is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) 9
A
69. Number of solution of the equation sin x , x 0, , is
2 2
(A) 1 (B) 0
a b c
70. If x then the value of X is
bc ac ab
1
(A) (B) -1
2
(C) both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
x3 x 1
71. Given x 2 x 1 0 then simplified polynomial form of is equal to
x5
(A) x (B) 1
(C) x + 1 (D) x 1
x y z

72. Find the value of x + y + z where x, y, z satisfies the system of equation 2 3 5 .
x 3y 6z 15

150
(A) (B) 1
41
12
(C) (D) None of these
41
73. If x 2 2x 5 is a factor of x 4 px 2 q, then the value of p + q =

(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 15 (D) 31
x y 5

74. Let , & be the roots of a cubic equation which satisfy the system of equation y z 6 . Find the sum of the
z x 7

roots of the cubic equation.
(A) 9 (B) 5
(C) 7 (D) 6
75. ABCD is a rectangle, P is an inner point of the rectangle such that PA=3, PB=4, PC=5. Find PD.
(A) 6 (B) 3 2
76. From the point within an equilateral triangle, perpendiculars drawn to the three sides are 6cm, 7 cm and 8 cm
respectively. The length of the side of the triangle is
(A) 12 (B) 15 2
(C) 14 3 a (D) None of these
77. If the centroid of a triangle is (1,4) and two of its vertices are (4,-3) and (-9,7) then the area of the triangle is
183
(A) 183 sq. units (B) sq. units
2
183
(C) 366 sq. units (D) sq. units
4
78. The ratio in which (4,5) divides the join of (2,3) and (7,8) is
(A) -2:3 (B) -3:2
(C) 3:2 (D) 2:3
79. If points (k, 2k), (-2,6) and (3,1) are collinear, then k =
3 4
(A) (B)
4 3
5 3
(C) (D)
3 5
80. In a ABC, AD is the bisector of BAC. If AB=16 cm, BD=12 cm, DC=3 cm. Then find AC
(A) 4 cm (B) 12 cm
(C) 8 cm (D) 6 cm
81. Two circles C1 & C2 having centers and radius are A(0, 0), r1 = 1 and B(1, 1), r2 = 2 respectively. Then the
maximum number of common tangents is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
81. If four sides of a quadrilateral PQRS are tangential to a circle, then

(A) PR+PS=QS+RS (B) PQ+RS=QR+PS
(C) PQ+RS=PR+QS (D) PR+PS=QR+SQ
83. A solid sphere of radius r is melted and cast into the shape of a solid cone of height r, the radius of the base of
the cone is
(A) 2r (B) 3 r
(C) r (D) 4r
84. The algebraic sum of the deviations of the frequency distribution from its mean is
(A) always positive (B) always negative
(C) 0 (D) a non zero number
85. In the figure below AB=AC, BAD = 30and AE=AD. Then CDE =
(A) 7.5 (B) 10

(C) 15 (D) 20
86. If the nth term of an A.P. is given by an = 5n - 3, then the sum of first 10 terms is :
(A) 225 (B) 245
(C) 255 (D) 270
87. If sin 3 cos( 6) where (3 ) and 6 are both acute angles, then the value of is :
(A) 18 (B) 24
(C) 36 (D) 30
88. If the angle of depression of an object from a 75 m high tower is 30, then the distance of the object from the
tower is
(A) 25 3 m (B) 50 3 m
(C) 75 3 m (D) 150 m
89. In the adjacent figure, P and Q are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a triangle ABC. PQ is parallel to
BC and divides the triangle ABC into 2 parts, equal in area. The ratio of PA : AB =
(A) 1 : 1 (B) ( 2 1) : 2
(C) 1: 2 (D) ( 2 1) : 1
90. If , are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then the quadratic equation whose roots are , is
(A) a2x2 + a(b c)x + bc = 0 (B) a2x2 + a(b c)x bc = 0
2
(C) ax + a(b + c)x + bc = 0 (D) ax2 + a(b + c)x bc = 0
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Answers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C B A C B C C B D B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C A A B D A C C D D
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B D A D B B D A C A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
D C D C C A C A C A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
C D C B D B C D C D
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
A B C A D B D D B B
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
A D C A C B A D B C
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
D A D A B C B D B A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
B B A C C D B C C B

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Name of the Candidate : ___________________________________________________

Test Centre : ___________________________________________________

3. 75, 77, 70, 72, 65,

4. 5, 15, 45, 135, 405,

5. 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, ________

6. 7, 28, 49, 70, 91, 112, ____________

7. 60, 64, 32, 36, 18, 22,_________

Directions (For Question No. 8 to 10):

9. (A) 441 (B) 289

10. (A) 17 (B) 27

Directions (For Questions No. 13):

(A) 1 (B) 731

(A) 117 (B) 36

22. How many triangles are there in the following figure?

27. Who is sitting two places to the right of W?

28. If R and V interchange their places, then who is opposite to T?

29. If V is to the immediate left of P, then who is the immediate left of R?

30. Who is sitting opposite to S?

PART II: Physics

38. In the circuit shown in figure below the current through

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

47. Four compounds are given below

49. Which of the following reaction is not a Redox Reaction?

PART III: Chemistry

Which of the following structure represents n-butane?

52. Which of the following is not an isomer of?

53. Which is different from the rest?

55. Which is not a sulphide ore?

(A) I P, II Q, III R, IV S (B) I R, II S, III P, IV Q

58. Which of the following is a true statement?

60. IUPAC name of the compound H2C=CH-CH2-Br is

PART III: Mathematics

Paragraph 1(For Q. 64 to 66):

Paragraph 2 (For Q. 67 to 69):

68. Unit digit of A2014 is equal to

73. If x 2 2x 5 is a factor of x 4 px 2 q, then the value of p + q =

81. If four sides of a quadrilateral PQRS are tangential to a circle, then

(A) 7.5 (B) 10

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